[Eril-l] Primary Research Group Inc. has published Redesigning the Academic Library Space 2025, ISBN 979-8-88517-276-9

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This report presents data from 50 academic libraries about their overall
capital spending plans.  In particular, it looks at how they plan to alter
or redevelop their academic library spaces, change space allocations and
characteristics such as seating space, collection space, classroom space,
group study spaces, information commons, makerspaces, wellness spaces,
multimedia centers, library cafes and much more.

The study also looks at plans for energy savings, and rehabs of heating and
air conditioning units for the library.

In addition, the report looks at efforts to track the movement of patrons
in the library, and how  libraries predict usage levels for various library
spaces and services, including efforts to track foot traffic with sensors,
 IP or WIFI access by library location, and resources use by type of
information vehicle.

Just a few of this comprehensive 114-page report’s findings are that:

• 54.72% of survey participants were using tracking sensors in their
library.

• 25% of academic libraries at institutions with more than 8,000 students
FTE expect to save substantial amounts of floor space over the next few
years by decreasing space devoted to print collections.

• Close to 19% of survey participants planned to increase the amount of
space devoted to Makerspaces/3D printing.

• All research university libraries in the sample planned to replace or
overhaul their air conditioning or heating systems within 7.5 years.


Data in the report is reported in the aggregate for the entire sample and
broke out by many institutional  criteria such as enrollment size, tuition
level, Carnegie class and other  variables.

To view a table of contents and an excerpt, follow the following link:
https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=827
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